Thisfool
01-06-2013, 01:28 PM
well it was finally 3:30 on Friday time to clock out and head out to the lake, got the truck loaded up after a quick shower and with all the fixing to make some cheese burgers in hand i headed for the lake
got there around 6:30 to find Tappersteve, H-bar, Hometown, Josh & matt followed up shortly by seechrisfish we did up some burgers and had some good pizza that Chris had picked up. We fought the bitter cold with some nitro wood, little heads up if any one is looking into replacing your lament flooring please contact Tappersteve some of this wood flooring burns like jet fuel it is intense .
once morning came and the gates were open i was in the tube on the water lines wet by about 6:30 6:45
in aww of the beauty i snapped this really quick
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/1357399170662_zpsc63b9847.jpg
around 1am i turned on the fish finder to see how cold it was the hummingbird said it was 31 degrees and i think it got colder and here is my proof
this is my bottle of bite on and for a lack of words it was frozen solid (ok it had chilled into an extremely thick paste)
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/1357399168874_zps5ac3628f.jpg
it was about 8:00 when i got my first bite and it was on once again Fool's Bait Co Crazy Worm in SoCal sunrise color that had been paired with a white gulp egg.
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/2013-01-05074633_zps84f9adf7.jpg
about an hour passed and with no motivation to expose my hands to the bitter cold while dead sticking a drop shot set up and still dragging the CW with gulp egg i felt the call of nature so kicked over to trout island to use the facilities and stretch out my legs that were very sore from the cold and hopeful bring feeling back into my toes i stood on the shore line and chatted with some of the shore fishermen.
back in the tube i kicked over to the begging of the west shore and decided to work that area after seeing a few fish get caught and after a while my efforts were rewarded with a amazingly beautiful steel head oh man this thing was crazy chrome it came on a Crazy Worm in the Bloody Earthworm color once again paired with a white gulp egg
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/2013-01-05111735_zps98c69361.jpg
with some Intel received i made the kick around trout island to the flats where i picked up one more fish but this is where i had my womp womp moment. with my stringer tangled up in my rod holder system i removed the entire stringer from the tube placed it in my lap in order to try to put my fish on it and well the fish made one last valiant effort at freedom and succeeded he escaped my hand back to the water and in the commission of trying to catch him my stringer came off my lap and disappeared into the depths of the vine.
with the cold biting at my feet the feeling of an oncoming cramp in my left leg and the feeling of stupidity for what i just did i called it a day to go watch the winners be announced and talk with every one
got there around 6:30 to find Tappersteve, H-bar, Hometown, Josh & matt followed up shortly by seechrisfish we did up some burgers and had some good pizza that Chris had picked up. We fought the bitter cold with some nitro wood, little heads up if any one is looking into replacing your lament flooring please contact Tappersteve some of this wood flooring burns like jet fuel it is intense .
once morning came and the gates were open i was in the tube on the water lines wet by about 6:30 6:45
in aww of the beauty i snapped this really quick
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/1357399170662_zpsc63b9847.jpg
around 1am i turned on the fish finder to see how cold it was the hummingbird said it was 31 degrees and i think it got colder and here is my proof
this is my bottle of bite on and for a lack of words it was frozen solid (ok it had chilled into an extremely thick paste)
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/1357399168874_zps5ac3628f.jpg
it was about 8:00 when i got my first bite and it was on once again Fool's Bait Co Crazy Worm in SoCal sunrise color that had been paired with a white gulp egg.
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/2013-01-05074633_zps84f9adf7.jpg
about an hour passed and with no motivation to expose my hands to the bitter cold while dead sticking a drop shot set up and still dragging the CW with gulp egg i felt the call of nature so kicked over to trout island to use the facilities and stretch out my legs that were very sore from the cold and hopeful bring feeling back into my toes i stood on the shore line and chatted with some of the shore fishermen.
back in the tube i kicked over to the begging of the west shore and decided to work that area after seeing a few fish get caught and after a while my efforts were rewarded with a amazingly beautiful steel head oh man this thing was crazy chrome it came on a Crazy Worm in the Bloody Earthworm color once again paired with a white gulp egg
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/2013-01-05111735_zps98c69361.jpg
with some Intel received i made the kick around trout island to the flats where i picked up one more fish but this is where i had my womp womp moment. with my stringer tangled up in my rod holder system i removed the entire stringer from the tube placed it in my lap in order to try to put my fish on it and well the fish made one last valiant effort at freedom and succeeded he escaped my hand back to the water and in the commission of trying to catch him my stringer came off my lap and disappeared into the depths of the vine.
with the cold biting at my feet the feeling of an oncoming cramp in my left leg and the feeling of stupidity for what i just did i called it a day to go watch the winners be announced and talk with every one